I'm an idiot, Celtic wins 6-5 on penalty kicks

As I had read before, if it ended in a tie, it goes right to PKs.

Sporting:
1) made
2) made
3) made
4) made
5) made
6) Liedson skied it over

Celtic:
1) made
2) made
3) made
4) made
5) made
6) Paul McGowan wins it with a shot to the upper right

1-1 final for Celtic and Sporting Lisbon

A fitting way to end for a back and forth game. Both teams had their moments but ultimately they were evenly matched.

It's getting a little crazy in here

A guy just ran onto the field and got absolutely destroyed by a Fenway security guard who caught him on the blindside.

We're in injury time now with both teams still tied at 1.

Sporting ties it up

Celtic goalkeeper Lukasz Zaluska just made a nice save that I was going to post about but then Sporting tied it up in the 81st minute as Helder Postiga headed in a rebound.

Diogo Salomao had a header go off the crossbar and Postiga was the first one there as he headed it into the vacant net.

1-1 in the 85th minute, finally some action.

1-0 Celtic

Samaras buried the penalty kick with a low, hard strike to the right hand corner of the goal.

1-0 Celtic in the 74th minute.

Fenway shook when he put it in the net, I think about 30,000 peopple were taking a picture at the same time too.

Samaras earns a PK

Samaras earned a penalty kick after he cut across a Sporting defender and had a clear path to the goal.

Liedson's shot deflected wide and out

Sporting forward Liedson took a decent shot that was deflected by a Celtic defender and went out of bounds. However, Sporting couldn't do anything with the ensuing corner kick.

Celtic had a good break on the counterattack but they seem to have no confidence in the attacking third. Neither team appears to have any firepower in terms of goal-scorers.

0-0 in the 70th minute.

Someone just got booked for Celtic

It was hard to tell who it was but somebody on Celtic just picked up the first card of the game (a yellow) for a rash challenge on a Sporting player in the midfield.

Sorry for the JV operation here but I wasn't looking at the TV when it happened and by looking at the field I couldn't tell who it was.

0-0 in the 52nd minute.

Samaras volleys wide

Greek international and Celtic forward Georgios Samaras just volleyed wide of the Sporting net and the crowd let out its biggest roar of the night.

Patrick McCourt fed him the finely weighted ball.

Sporting just had a great chance but Celtic defender Glenn Loovens cleared a shot off the line after goalkeeper Lukasz Zaluska had been beaten.

0-0 in the 42nd minute.

PS. Samaras is a body double for Jesus now with his long hair and thick beard. Somewhere Johnny Damon weeps and remembers what he had.

Saleiro shoots wide

Sporting forward Carlos Saleiro just shot wide, their best chance so far and Celtic followed that with their best chance as forward Marc Fortune had his shot/cross kicked out for a corner by Sporting goalkeeper Rui Patricio.

0-0 in the 28th minute but it seems like things are finally opening up in what so far has been a dull friendly.

Sporting is dominating play

For the first 12 minutes, Sporting has pretty much run circles around Celtic. However the Hoops just had their first chance, a cross that didn't connect and Fenway went wild. I might have underestimated how pro-Celtic this crowd is: it seems like it's about 90%-10%.

Frankly, I am a little surprised since there's a ton of Portuguese in New England. I guess there's way more Irish catholics (duh) and wannabes.

0-0 in the 14th minute.

Soccer at Fenway

Big news coming out of Fenway Park yesterday, after being rumored for months, it was announced that Celtic will play an exhibtion game against Sporting on July 21.

The storied home of the Red Sox hosted its first NHL hockey game on New Year's Day this past winter and this will be the first soccer game at Fenway since 1968.

The match kickoffs at 8pm and it will be broadcast live on NESN. The World Cup ends 10 days earlier and the Sox will be on the West Coast so a World Cup hangover should still be in effect in the hub.

Tickets will range from $20-120 and they go on sale to the public on June 22.

"I'm excited to welcome Celtic F.C. and Sporting C.P. to Boston for their exhibition soccer match at Fenway Park," Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said via a press release. "Soccer is a global game and this match will provide another opportunity to showcase Boston as a truly global city attracting fans from around the world and highlighting the people, culture, and local businesses that make our city so special. Both teams have many loyal supporters throughout our city and I look forward to this matchup with great anticipation."

The match will be the 19th soccer game played at Fenway Park. The last one came on July 9, 1968 when the Boston Beacons faced soccer legend Pele and his Brazilian club, Santos F.C.

Shimer can't make it but I'm going to try my best to get there to cover it for the blog; I was lucky enough to snag a ticket to the Winter Classic and I've seen Dave Matthews Band play at Fenway three times so I'm excited by the thought of the beautiful game at one of America's truly special sporting venues.